Research Editions

Research Editions

This edition consists of three series of volumes under the general editorship of Gordon Turnbull:

  • Boswell’s journals, notes for journals and daily memoranda 
  • Boswell’s correspondence
  • An edition of the Life of Johnson prepared from the original manuscript.

A supplement to the edition is the Catalogue of the Papers of James Boswell at Yale University.

The manuscript documents in this edition have been printed to correspond to the originals in spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.  Variations from the original are fully documented.

Journals

James Boswell: The Journal of His German and Swiss Travels, 1764.

Correspondence

The General Correspondence of James Boswell, 1757-1763.

The Correspondence of James Boswell with James Bruce and Andrew Gibb, Overseers of the Auchinleck Estate.

The General Correspondence of James Boswell 1766-1769 , Vol. 2: 1768-1769. 

The Correspondence of James Boswell and William Johnson Temple, 1756-1795, Vol. 1: 1756-1777.

The General Correspondence of James Boswell 1766-1769, Vol. 1: 1766-1767.

The Correspondence of James Boswell with David Garrick, Edmund Burke, and Edmond Malone.

The Correspondence of James Boswell with Certain Members of the Club.

The Correspondence and Other Papers of James Boswell Relating to the Making of the Life of Johnson.

The Correspondence of James Boswell and John Johnston of Grange. 

Life of Johnson

Boswell’s Life of Johnson: An Edition of the Original Manuscript, in Four Volumes, Vol. 3: 17761780.

Boswell’s Life of Johnson: An Edition of the Original Manuscript, in Four Volumes, Vol. 2: 17661776.

Boswell’s Life of Johnson: An Edition of the Original Manuscript, in Four Volumes , Vol. 1: 17091765.

Catalogue

Catalogue of the Papers of James Boswell at Yale University.